San Francisco Green Film Festival

The festival showcases films and new media that explore green issues and sustainable living. Forty films from around the globe will be screened. Many of the screenings will be followed by panel discussions with the directors and sustainability experts.

This year, the festival also includes five films that revolve around food and food policies:

* “Alma,” a French film that captures the ecological and spiritual cost of meat, dairy and leather production in the Amazon.

* “Cafeteria Man,” an American flick about a New Orleans chef who tries to kick-start school lunch reform in Baltimore’s public schools.

* “Sushi — the Global Catch,” a U.S production in English and Japanese with English subtitles, which explores how sushi has grown into a global culinary phenomenon.

*”Taste the Waste,” a German documentary on food waste, and how about half of all food produced globally ends up being thrown away.

*”Urban Roots,” a U.S. film about how people in Detroit are taking empty lots and boarded up buildings, and growing food as urban farmers.

Admission to each film is $12 each, with panel events $10 each, the opening night party and film $50, and an all-access pass $200.

6 comments

I like food and restaurants in LA….but, I guess I LOVE food and restaurants in SF! That ramen bowl is to die for! I love how restaurants and shops are located much closer in SF than LA. It’s crazy that I have to drive at least 45 mins for a bowl of awesome noodle! 😛 Gosh…I think it’s about time to visit SF again!